Tracy Morgan Bio | Wiki
Tracy Morgan is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for his television work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003.
Tracey also had a role as Tracy Jordan in the sitcom 30 Rock which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He currently stars as Tray Barker in the TBS comedy The Last O.G.
Tracy Morgan Age
Tracy was born on November 10, 1968, in The Bronx, New York, United States. He is 54 years old.
Tracy Morgan Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in (Approx. 1.73 m).
Tracy Morgan Family
He was born in Brooklyn, to his parents Alicia and Jimmy Morgan. Tracey grew up in Brooklyn’s Marlboro Houses and Tompkins Houses in its Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. He is the second of five children including Asia, Jimmy Morgan, Jr.
His mother is a homemaker and his father was a musician who left the family when Tracey was six years old. Tracey’s father named him Tracy in honor of a platoon mate and friend who shipped off to Vietnam with him and was killed in action days later. In 1985, at age 17 in his senior year, Tracey learned that his father had contracted HIV from hypodermic needle use and died in January 1987, aged 38.
Tracy Morgan Wife
Tracey married his girlfriend Sabina in 1987 and dropped out of high school to care for his ailing father. Tracey and Sabina have three sons together Gitrid, Tracy Jr., and Malcolm. He filed for divorce in August 2009, after having been separated for approximately eight years. Tracey credits one of his sons with having saved him from his alcoholism.
In September 2011, on the red carpet at the Emmy Awards, he announced he and model Megan Wollover had become engaged six months earlier in San Francisco. Their first child, daughter Maven, was born in New York City on July 2, 2013. Tracey and Wollover married on August 23, 2015, and he filed for divorce in July 2020.
Tracy Morgan Education
The target of bullies as a child, he attended DeWitt Clinton High School. In 1985, at age 17 in his senior year, Tracey learned that his father had contracted HIV from hypodermic needle use. He dropped out of high school just four credits short of his diploma to care for his ailing father. Living on welfare, Tracey sold crack cocaine with limited success but began earning money performing comedy on the streets after his best friend was murdered.
Tracy Morgan Car Accident
On June 7, 2014, Tracey was a passenger in a Mercedes Sprinter minibus involved in a six-vehicle crash in New Jersey. Just after 1:00 am, the vehicle was traveling northbound on the New Jersey Turnpike near Cranbury. It was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer operated by Walmart, causing a chain reaction crash.
Tracey and three other comedians, including Harris Stanton, along with his assistant and two limousine company employees, were returning from an engagement at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in Dover, Delaware, as part of his “Turn it Funny” stand-up comedy tour. The crash killed Tracey’s friend and collaborator, 62-year-old comedian James McNair (Jimmy Mack).
Tracey was taken by helicopter to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He had a broken leg and femur, a broken nose, and several broken ribs, and underwent surgery on his leg. On June 20, 2014, he was released from the hospital and was transferred to a rehabilitation facility to continue recovering from the injuries sustained during the crash. He was released from the rehab center on July 12, 2014.
Tracy Morgan Walmart Settlement
On July 10, 2014, Tracey sued Walmart for negligence. The suit alleged that Walmart either knew or should have known that Roper, their driver had not slept for more than 24 hours. He filed the suit on behalf of himself, comedian Ardie Fuqua, Morgan’s personal assistant Jeffrey Millea, and Millea’s wife Krista.
Fuqua and Millea were both on the bus with Morgan and were injured in the crash, while at the time of the crash. Krista Millea was eight months pregnant. In September 2014, Walmart in court papers cast partial blame on Tracey and the other victims for not wearing seat belts, a claim both Morgan and his counsel denied.
On the November 3, 2016, episode of Conan, Tracey said that he was no longer angry about the collision and had forgiven Roper. Roper accepted a plea deal in which he pleaded guilty but would serve no jail time. He was sentenced to pay undisclosed amounts of fines, serve 300 hours of community service, and serve probation.
Tracy Morgan SNL
He joined the cast of the comedy series Saturday Night Live in 1996 and performed as a regular until 2003. Tracey returned to host on March 14, 2009 and reprised his roles as Brian Fellow and Astronaut Jones. He then made a guest appearance on the 2011 Christmas show, hosted by Jimmy Fallon, and hosted again on October 17, 2015.
Tracy Morgan Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Tracey’s estimated net worth is $70 million.